ATI to Launch new AIW on Monday!? ...No

[rbV5]

According to our friends at Tech Report, ATI will launch the new AIW 9xxx on Monday.

These cards should use the new video processing unit integrated into the 9x00-series chips instead of an external Rage Theatre chip
I've seen photos of a 9000 VIVO, and it DID have the external Rage Theater Chip located on a daughter board. It was also a dual head card. If its priced favorably and dual head...its mine. If not, without a compelling feature upgrade or faster gaming performance......I'll wait. Should make AIW 7500's drop in price however.

UPDATE: From Tech Report Here is what John Swinimer, PR Manager, Consumer Products(ATI), has to say: While I can't talk about unannounced products, I can tell you with all certainty that ATI will not be announcing any new version of the ALL-IN-WONDER on Monday, September 16.

 

[NicColt]

According to Rade3D.

This is definetely my card to get. I just realy hope that they have Hardware MPEG encoding. even if it comes with a daughter card it will still be sweet.

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ATI to launch new All-In-Wonder on Monday - 9:27 pm EST - MrB
Scott over at The Tech Report has posted this news tidbit about new AIW launch soon. Check out the rest over at their page.

I haven't even tried to confirm this one with ATI, but a credible source inadvertently let slip to me yesterday that ATI will be launching a new All-In-Wonder card (or cards) on Monday. ATI is apparently flying its favorite press hacks into Las Vegas over the weekend to wine 'em, dine 'em, and let them drive stock cars out at the Las Vegas Speedway. A thrilling video card launch will follow. I'd expect to see All-In-Wonder card reviews on Monday, as well, but that's just me guessing.
Presumably, ATI's new card or cards will be based on the new Radeon 9000 and/or 9700 chips. Since the Radeon 9000 Pro is the price/performance leader and the Radeon 9700 is the all-out performance king, the new AIW product(s) should be quite nice. Used in conjuction with DirectX 9, all Radeon 9700 cards should be able to use their pixel shaders to perform complex image processing filters on video streams in real time.

 

[rbV5]

even if it comes with a daughter card it will still be sweet.

The daughter card on the VIVO still only took up the AGP slot, but the daughter card on the new FireGl takes up both the AGP and PCI slot #1. I kinda doubt the AIW launched Monday will be a 9700 variant(probably a 9000 card), so I also doubt it will have the hardware encoder. If it is the 9000 and dual head, I'll get it if its priced right....otherwise, my AIW 7500 plays UT 2003 just fine (just finished downloading and playing the new demo! sweet!) so, its definately plenty viable as a gamer for awhile yet, I'm in no hurry....yet.

 

[NicColt]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!

oh well. It was to good to be true. Also it sounded quite fishy since I'm quite sure that ATI will release some sort of 9000DV or 9700DV before the full AIW series. Let's just hope I can get it under the xmas tree.

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UPDATE: ATI wrote in to tell me that my source's info on the release of the next All-in-Wonder cards is incorrect. Here is what John Swinimer, PR Manager, Consumer Products, has to say:

While I can't talk about unannounced products, I can tell you with all certainty that ATI will not be announcing any new version of the ALL-IN-WONDER on Monday, September 16.
So it sounds like my source was incorrect. I guess we'll have to wait a little longer for this one.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

My guess the newer AIWs may be based on the 9000 core instead of the 9700 to keep prices in check. 9700 AIWs would be priced through the roof, considering the price of 9700 cards today, and only a limited few would be able to get their hands on them.